SA Health
Job reference:
******
Location:
**** - ELIZABETH VALE
Job status:
Ongoing
Eligibility:
Open to Everyone
About the Role:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is looking for a detail-oriented and patient-focused professional to join its team as a Patient Election and Data Quality Officer.
This is a part-time, ongoing prospect based across Adelaide's northern metro corridor — a region experiencing meaningful growth and serving a diverse community.
What You'll Be Doing
Working within NALHN's health information environment, you will play a key role in ensuring the integrity of patient election data and supporting accurate, compliant records across the network.
Your core responsibilities will include:
Conducting patient election interviews to determine Medicare and private health insurance status for inpatient episodes
Reviewing and reconciling data quality issues within patient administration and clinical coding systems
Liaising with ward staff, admissions teams, and health fund representatives to resolve election discrepancies
Contributing to reporting and audit processes that support NALHN's revenue integrity and compliance obligations
What You'll Bring
Experience in a healthcare administration, patient services, or health information role
Strong working knowledge of Medicare legislation, private health insurance arrangements, and patient election processes in a South Australian public hospital setting
Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve data quality issues with accuracy and timeliness
Confident communicator who can engage sensitively with patients and families at the point of care
Proficiency with patient administration systems, with experience in EPAS or similar platforms highly regarded
Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment
About You:
In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships.
An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.
You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‐quality health services within modern facilities.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
About Adelaide:
Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes.




Ranked one of the worlds "Most Liveable Cities" and "Most Beautiful Cities", Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars.
Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.
With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.
With over 7,000 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability.
Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide's north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.
Lyell McEwin Hospital
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the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services.
Modbury Hospital
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a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.
Mental Health Services
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adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.
Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services
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provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.
Primary Health Care Services
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including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work.
The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees.
We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment.
You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.
Check(s):
Immunisation Risk for this position is
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Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Job Ref: ******
Enquiries:
Toni Smith
Manager Hospital Billing Operations
Phone: **************
E-mail: ******
Application Closing Date:
21 August ****
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Role Description and Further Information:
****** - Patient Election & Data Quality Officer - ASO3 -Finance - Role Description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website
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How to apply for further information.
Applications close:
21/08/2026 11:55 PM
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

📌 Patient Election And Data Quality Officer (South Australia)
🏢 Sa Health
📍 South Australia